some of the other books, spike lee. >> host: spike lee, ann lamont, julian -- >> guest: yes, spike leee wrote a book about how he made his first book spike lee's got to have it i read and studied that book line by line. and followed a lot of what spike did to get his first film made, to help me get my first film made. the bird by bird and the right to write, these are two really, really good books. if you're interested in writing, you are just waiting to unleash that creative thing in your mind to go for that. these books will really help you with that. i just -- i hand them out to people constantly because they're just -- it's just -- when people say they want to read, read this. this will help you get started. it's hard to start. writing is full of self-loathing and your critical voice in your head is constantly telling you it sucks and you have to really push through it. victoria moran is a wonderful author and writes some very good books about how to take care of yourself and i've been thinking a lot about this lately and just wanting to take better care of myself as i'm getting ol

having the opportunity to work with directors like james cameron and spike lee always a dream of mine. this year the success and boom continues to help just shape my body of work. >> i promise god if you get me out of this situation i'll only share my cookies with the man i marry. oh my gosh. are you okay. i'm so sorry. i could have killed you. >> until she hit him. >> would you marry me? >> an actor successful to be a leading man. how hard is that particularly for african-american men and black men in hollywood? >> i'll tell you, that's a loaded question. i'm going to say that it is hard i think for any color you know to get to a certain level of this business because it's highly competitive as you know just as it is in your field. >> yeah. yeah. >> but for us, you know, there are less black films being produced on a yearly basis. therefore there are less jobs. and there's a lot of talent. we're all competing for the same small pool of work. when i get a job, i don't take it for granted. i'm very appreciative and humble by the fact that somebody believes in me and my talent. >> this

. >> he started as crack head in a spike lee movie. >>> girls have bieber fever, but not the cops. >>e rappers then you get arrested. no. no. he was pulled over driving what they are calling a cts cadillac but it was like a bat mobile. we don't know what he was pulled over for. he got a warning. go on. his friends are cruising. sean kingston was behind him in a rolls-royce another friend in front in a land rover. we don't cruise like that. when we did, a volks wagon and jeep. who cruises in a rolls-royce. >> drake and kanye are going to be -- >> they are collaborating. he has an album coming out in november, his christmas album. >> okay. >> should be hot. >> he's got fans everywhere. >> everywhere. crossing all kind of boundaries. >> i am using -- i'm wearing that mask. it's all good. i can do that myself. i can make that mask up myself. >> a magic marker. >> yes, it's easy. i don't have to go to the store. >> you can do it overnight. >> i do it in the morning. except for the tooth. >> good to see you. we'll tune in tomorrow morning. >> thank you. thank you. >>> coming up on news 4, a

watching the highlights spike lee always shows up. two-0.r not wanting to pay the manager. this man is outstanding. however never managed the major league team before. he says that i will take kron faxon nolan ryan and if yoe going to charge the mound? that was 1993. and you know who i go after in the newsroom? da lin >>jacqueline: to not underestimate the small guy. >>jacqueline: and he is least 5 ft. 5 in.. >>gary: look for da lin and cal football with a 24 point underdog however losing to oregon. and i guess that it is officials. hank williams has sang for the last time " are you ready for some football? ". and just the idea that he give the intention of obama and hitler was enough to pull the song. i do not know if you watch the sunday night. faith hill is also featured. the 49ers with tampa bay on sunday. >> you can see that nobody is thinking about that record. we are happy that we are on a winning streak and we are going to get better. we act like we do not think that we're that could. and wheat are not the underdogs. >> 49ers are the

just one week after being released, jackson found himself on the set of spike lee's movie "jungle fever, of all things, in the role of a crack addict named gator purify. >> i like getting high. how do you think i got a room here? i'm a junky. >> reporter: was it hard for you to do that role? >> no. >> reporter: based on what you had just come from. >> not at all. >> reporter: tempting at all? >> no. listen, i was so happy to be clean and not miserable-- because i had been miserable for a long time. >> reporter: it was a breakout role. and the newly sober jackson infused a bit of his former self into the character. >> i was like the life of the party when i was an addict. i made people laugh. we got high, we did stuff. but i wanted gator to be that guy, you know, who could charm his mom, could charm his brother and get what he needed and be very manipulative. >> reporter: for jackson, sobriety was the crucial step for success. >> i had to figure it out. that maybe when i showed up at an audition, maybe i did smell like beer or wine or whatever. it wasn't until i got into rehab that i had

. >> first of all i see the movie directed by spike lee. call it, delta girl. theme song. very, very prominent black sorority. the most prominent, 250,000 members. barbara jordan, shirley chisholm, the current surgeon again of the united states, astronauts, it is a who's who of black women in the united states, the most prestige just coming from this one sorority. it is i think vaguely possible it is a random happenstance. you don't know whether his obsession is with the sorority or the demographic you subscribe, 50 to 60-year-old black woman. what is unusual, you look at this i goo. he is a tank of a guy. looks like a football tackle. you know, why is he not targeting, you know the more typical victims? the jogger found in the park alone or the young woman, you know, carelessly talking on her iphone. jenna: someone, quote, unquote easy. >> why going after women, deeply in middle age who are all related to sorority, whether or not the sorority pissed him later in life we'll find out. jenna: that is something we don't know until they get the guy in custody. gera

spiking in a tokyo neighborhood. >>> but first, pomp and circumstance mixed with some rain this morning at the white house as president obama welcomed his south korean counterpart, leehis first visit to the united states. they start in the oval office and then go to the cabinet room for expanded talks with u.s. and korean delegations, and the next hour, you will hear from both leaders at a joint news conference in the rose garden. the visit smencements a long-ded trade deal. they cemented free trade agreements last night with south korea, colombia and panama. they said the south korean deal could create as many as 280,000 jobs and boost exports by as much as $12 billion. but some labor unions say the deals will actually hurt u.s. employment because of increased competition from south korean imports. >>> the auto industry is one sector to watch. paula hancock reports on what this might mean for u.s. and korean car makers. >> chung su bought his chevrolet three years ago. since then he's been a big fan of the u.s. car, even joining a chevrolet club. but he's not convinced it will lead to an influx in chevrolets in korea. first of all, he says parking spaces in korea a